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OAKHURST, CA – Small but mighty, Oakhurst Seventh-Day Adventist Christian School has won a national prize. Discovery Education and the Nutrients for Life Foundation, announced the winners of the 2016 Let It Grow Contest. This contest awards more than $10,000 in prizes to six schools nationwide as part of From the Ground Up: The Science of Soil, an education initiative that ...

Written by Evana Holevas — O’NEALS — Minarets senior Remington “Remi” Lee collaborated recently with Club 321 and the Down Syndrome Association of Central California to put on one of their biggest events yet, the 321 Dance at the Falls Event Center in Fresno. This dance, open to any teenagers in the area, was a fun opportunity for students with ...

SACRAMENTO – After a destructive fire season in 2015, conditions in California are already drying out prompting Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr. to declare May 1-7, 2016 as “Wildfire Awareness Week.” During Wildfire Awareness Week, Cal Fire is stressing the critical role all Californians play in preparing for fire season now. “The rain we received this winter and spring has ...

OAKHURST — The Yosemite Jazz Band has been entertaining diners on the patio at the Oakhurst Pizza Factory for over two decades. They return to their old stomping grounds on Thursday, May 5, and will be delighting audiences throughout the summer from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. It all began in 1993 when The Yosemite Jazz Band established its roots in ...

Shannon Cole for Real American Cowboy Magazine — Coarsegold, California has had its name changed a half-dozen times since 1849 when gold was first discovered there – first declared “Texas Flat,” over the years giving way to five more name changes, it eventually became Coarsegold. But, there has only been one name for its rodeo… the Coarsegold Rodeo. One of ...

OAKHURST — “I knew that, in order for Yosemite and Minarets High Schools to each have a better softball program to compete in their leagues, someone needed to step up and build a travel ball club in the mountains,” says softball coach Tami Franke. That’s exactly what she did. Tami requested the help of fellow-former YHS Varsity coach Suzette Combs to achieve the ...

O’NEALS — Minarets FFA Advanced Parliamentary Procedure team won the state championship this year, with Christian Low as outstanding chairman, Sienna Pillsbury outstanding secretary, and Shyann Mattes outstanding chair #2. Congratulations to this champion team who will be representing California at the National Finals in October. The Minarets Future Farmers of America (FFA) Chapter officially received its charter in the fall of ...

Written by Michael Vaughan — O’NEALS — Minarets’ very own Mason Ellis was recently named CIF Central Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the West Sequoia League for basketball and was also selected for the Fresno Bee’s All-Star team. Mason is an amazing athlete, who is also on academic honor roll, is member of FFA and a part of leadership in FCA. Congratulations, ...

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COARSEGOLD – With the 64th Annual Coarsegold Rodeo coming up, it seemed like a good idea to head over to the ranch and see what new owners Pavilion Properties, also known as the dual-generational team of Kevin and Tanner Tweed, have been up to since they purchased the 38.5 acre ranch property from Tom Bohna earlier this year. Driving up ...